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Peking Duk
OriginCanberra, Australia
GenresHouse, electro house, alternative dance
Years active2010–present
LabelsVicious Bitch Vicious Recordings (2010–2015), RCA & Sony Music Entertainment, 2014–present
MembersReuben Styles
Adam Hyde
Websitewww.pekingduk.com

Peking Duk are an Australian electronic music duo made up of disc jockey and music producers Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles.[1] The pair first garnered attention in 2012 with the release of a Passion Pit bootleg remix.[2] Their biggest hit "High" reached 5 on the ARIA Singles Chart, achieved a triple platinum certification and won the Best Dance Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2014.[3]

Background

Peking Duk was formed in 2010 in Canberra, Australia by Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles, both from suburbs of inner northern Canberra.[citation needed] Previously, Styles had played bass in a local band called Rubycon−−−−−−−−−−−, and Hyde had performed as an MC in local hip hop groups.[citation needed]

Upon the release of their Passion Pit bootleg remix in May 2012, the pair gained attention from music blogs.[2] Since then they have released two singles, both of which have hit number one on the ARIA Club Chart & featured in the Australian Single Charts.[4] They have played numerous shows around Australia, Asia and North America, and their music has been supported by artists such as Tiesto, Steve Aoki and A-Trak.[citation needed]

In 2013, Peking Duk placed 5th in the Australia wide InTheMix Top 50 competition, this was their second year in a row in the top 10 of the competition (6th in 2012).[5] 2013 also saw Peking Duk receive strong support from national youth broadcaster Triple J. Along with having their tracks added to rotation, Triple J also gave Peking Duk the opportunity to be a Triple J Mix Up resident which saw them present & host a weekly DJ Mix on Saturday nights for a month.[6]

Notable festivals Peking Duk have performed include Falls Festival, Splendour in the Grass, Parklife Music Festival, Shore Thing, Big Day Out and Stereosonic.[citation needed]

In February 2014, they had their first Top 40 hit on the ARIA Singles Chart with their track "High" featuring Australian vocalist Nicole Millar.[7]

In August 2014, Peking Duk signed a worldwide record deal with Sony Music Entertainment in conjunction with RCA Records.[8]

In July 2015, Peking Duk Released a new single called "Say My Name" featuring Benjamin Joseph, which was premiered on the Hamish and Andy Show.[citation needed] The track was released as a single through Vicious Recordings imprint Vicious Bitch in Australia & New Zealand, and saw an international release as part on an EP released on RCA / Sony called "Songs To Sweat To".[citation needed]

In December 2015, at a show in Melbourne, a fan accessed the backstage area by editing the band's Wikipedia article page and inserting himself as a family member [9]. Upon showing the article and his ID to the security guard, he was granted access to the band with whom he shared a beer. The band reacted positively to this scheme, stating "He explained to us his amazing tactic to get past security to hang with us and we immediately cracked him a beer. This dude is the definition of a legend." However Hyde did add: "It goes to show, never trust Wikipedia".[10][11][12]

Discography

Extended plays

Title Album details Notes
Songs to Sweat to [13]
Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Say My Name"3:07
2."High" (featuring Nicole Millar)3:48
3."Take Me Over" (featuring SAFIA)3:28
4."High" (featuring Nicole Millar [Lenno Remix])4:06
5."Take Me Over" (featuring SAFIA [NEUS Remix])3:56

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[14] 		NZ
[15]
"Bingo Trippin" 2011 — — —
"Welcome"
(featuring Stef K.) 		— —
"I Love to Rap" 2012 — —
"The Way You Are" — —
"You Are Like Nobody Else"
(with Swanky Tunes featuring James McNally) 		2013 — —
"Feels Like" 83 —
"Mufasa"
(with Laidback Luke) 		2014 — —
"High"
(featuring Nicole Millar) 		5 13
"Take Me Over"
(featuring SAFIA) 		6 32
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[16]
"Say My Name"
(featuring Benjamin Joseph) 		2015 29 —
"—" denotes an album that did not chart in that country.

Remixes

  • Liz - "U Over Them" (Peking Duk & CRNKN Remix) [Mad Decent]
  • Dem Slackers - "Sclingel" (Peking Duk Remix) [Tuffemup!]
  • Rob Pix - "Beng" (Peking Duk Remix) [Downright]
  • Steve Aoki & Angger Dimas featuring Iggy Azalea – "Beat Down" (Peking Duk Remix) [Dim Mak]
  • DCUP - "I'm Corrupt" (Peking Duk Remix) [Chookie]
  • Fitz & The Tantrums - "Out of My League" (Peking Duk Remix) [WMG]

Bootlegs

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

Year Category Nominated artist/work Result
2014 Best Independent Dance/Electronica or Club Single "High" (featuring Nicole Millar) Won[17]

ARIA Music Awards

Year Category Nominated artist/work Result
2014 Best Dance Release "High" (featuring Nicole Millar) Won[18]

References

  1. ^ "themusic.com.au". www.themusic.com.au. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b "HypeM". hypem.com. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  3. ^ "au.news.yahoo.com". www.au.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  4. ^ "ARIA" (PDF). pandora.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  5. ^ "In The Mix". www.inthemix.com. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Triple J". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  7. ^ "AriaTop40". ariacharts.com.au. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  8. ^ "SonyDeal". themusicnetwork.com. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Wikipedia diff".
  10. ^ "This 'legend' changed a Wikipedia page to sneak backstage at gig".
  11. ^ "peking duk on Twitter". Twitter.
  12. ^ Elle Hunt. "Peking Duk fan infiltrates backstage by fooling security guard with Wikipedia edit". the Guardian.
  13. ^ "Songs to Sweat to - EP". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved 21 July 2015. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
  14. ^ "Discography Peking Duk". Australian-charts.com (Hung Medien). Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  15. ^ "Discography Peking Duk". Charts.org.nz (Hung Medien). Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  16. ^ a b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  17. ^ "AirWins". thedwarf.com.au. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  18. ^ "AriaWins". smh.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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